Putush Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3416 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-97 Year-2024 Thana- BEN P.S. District- Nalanda ====================================================== Putush Kumar S/O Jawahar Mahto R/o- Dewaria, P.S-Ben, Distt- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The state of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Saroj Kumar Choudhary, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jai Narain Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case, registered for offence punishable under Sections 103(1), 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023.

3. The informant namely, Rinku Kumari, alleged that Sudhir Kumar, PACS Chairman, called her son,Kundan Kumar to drive a tractor and on 18.07.2024 (Night), her son was allegedly killed by all the accused persons including petitioner by strangulation.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. The informant is not eye-witness to the occurrence and only suspicion has been raised against accused persons. He further submits that during course of investigation, none of the witnesses claimed to have seen the occurrence.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3416 of 2025(6) dt.03-07-2025 2/2

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that petitioner is named in the F.I.R. with specific accusation that deceased was driver of the petitioner and thereafter, all the accused persons committed his murder, which is also apparent from the post-mortem report.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T